hi, If you're going to change package it doesn't make sense to supply the current package as the default argument, the first thing you're going to do, and you're always going to do this, is delete the package name slime just inserted. (defun slime-repl-set-package (package) "Set the package of the REPL buffer to PACKAGE." (interactive (list (slime-read-package-name "Package: "))) (with-current-buffer (slime-output-buffer) (let ((unfinished-input (slime-repl-current-input))) (destructuring-bind (name prompt-string) (slime-eval `(swank:set-package ,package)) (setf (slime-lisp-package) name) (setf (slime-lisp-package-prompt-string) prompt-string) (slime-repl-insert-prompt) (insert unfinished-input))))) -- -Marco Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. -Leonard Cohen